Fitting for eyeglasses.



P. MOEWIS.

FITTING FOR EYEGLASSES. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 26, 19?]6.

/Men1fo7- 29a ad/W 0 em PATENTED FEB. 5, 1907.

. PAUL MOEWS, seam n,- MICHIGAN.

FITTING FQRQEYEG'LASSESI,

To all wh mit cancer-121: A Be it known that LPAuLMonws, a citizen of the United-States f'AInerica, residing at Detroit, inthe' lcoun'tylof l llayne and State of 5'; Michigan, have invented. gcer'tain .new and useful ImprovementsfinIittings for Eye-l glasses, of'whi'ch the following'isa specifica- T tion, reference being bad therein to the -accor' i panying drawings.

e invention, relates particularl to afittin'g or mounting adapted either or eye- "glasses or spectacles; and it consists in the .novel and simple construction thereof and in the peculiar arrangement and combinascribed.

In the drawings illustrating the invention,

r 5 tion of its parts, as will be hereinafter de- Figure 1 is a view-of the blank from which the mounting isformed- Fig. 2 is a view of '20 the. shaped blank. Fig. 3 is a perspectiveview-showing, the blankflatten'edtoform" some of the parts of the fitting. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the mounting, and Fig.

'isa modification. v g In practice I may,,and preferably do, construct the mounting from a stri of wire cut to the desired length to form t efittin as indicated by the reference-letter A. his wire or blank is first bent at two'points a and 0 b at right angles to the remaining or body portion, forming a U or channel shaped structure. At each of these points referred to a seat, as c, is formed by filing, milling, or any other method of making theseseats, bemg adapted-to receive the lens braces and straps B.

, shaped into 100 form, as indicated in Fig. 2

to form a uar section C, the'extreme end (i 0 of theblan contacting with the bent portion,

as indicated.

The lens braces and -straps B are then soldered oriotherwise'secured within the seats 0, and thezextremities d of the loop-sections are also soldered to the main portions of the loop. Both loops are then flattened by suitable-dies, as in the manner indicated in Fig. 3, and subse ue'ntlythe portion of the blank E between t e oints'a and b, consti- I 5o-tuti ng thebridge, is a so flattened, but in a plane at right angles to that of the guards:

After :the flattening has been efi'ected for.

- the 'urpose of forming a flat metal fitting the lank is' bent and shaped into the form gg'ind icated in Fig. 4, comprising the bridge member of the saddle type, terminating at Specification of Letters Patent. fa nmion filed'Angust 25, 1906.- Serial No. 332,028.

Each bent portion of the blank is then guard and serves as abearing-point. count of the connection in the modification of Patented Feb. 5,1907.

its extremities in return-bends F, the noseguards G, and connections H, intermediate the guards and the bridge part of the mount- 'ing. Preferably these connections are angle shaped,. as shown, comprising inwardly-e tendi' horizontal sections f and vertical depen ing portions g, the former being joined at thirouter ends fwith the return- .1.

bends F and' the latter constituting theog usual offsets forthe-guards; 7

The mounting 'eis thus'constructed is made from a single pieceof metal, and the usual post and box of;-the fitting isntirely dispensedwith, the single arms or lateral mem- 7o ers f being substituted therefor. This re-' duces the amount of metall'required in the manufacture and liybeing fiattenedinthe manner set .forth presents merelythe edge of I I the metal to view, thus making the fitting 5" less cumbersome in appearance than the ordinary mounting. Further, the;inwardly-' extending portions of the guard connections may be lengthened or shortened, as desired, by bending, so as to easily and accurately raise and ower the lenses relative to the bridge, and by the use of flattened metal this adjustment or bending can be much more readily effected than where itisin'circular cross-section or in the ordinary form. Finally, the guard-oflset 9 may lie entirely or j partly in the plane of the guards, so as to serve as an additional or auxiliary'bearing,

In Fig. 4 the offsets are shown entirely in the plane, or substantiallyso, of the guard and bearing against the nose of the wearer to form 1 the additional bearing-surface referred to) In the modification illustrated in Fig. 5 the fitting is made in the manner previously destruction. First, the guards G are con-.

'nected at their extreme lower ends in place of points intermediate thereof to their ofisets I H ,-and these ofi'sets in turn lie inajplane substantially parallel with the guards; The ice extreme-upper portion of the ofiset, however, on account of the lateral arm of the guardconnection lies in the plane of the On ac- I05 the guard with its offset the former may be thrown forwardly or rearwardly yery readily in fitting. the mounting to the nose of the wearer. j f

It will be obvious that both of the constructions illustrated and described possess theessential features of the invention, in

cludin the auxiliary bearing for the guard, and W 'le I prefer the construction illustrated in Fig. Lit will be vapparent that various'modificatiensjcan be made without departing from the spirit efthe invention.

- \Vhat I claim as my invention is 17 A single-piece fitting for eyeglasses or s ectacles com risim abrid emember laterally-projecting arms extending directly and inwardly from the bridge ends, complementary guards, and ofisets for the guard connecting the latter with the arms.

2.. A fitting for eyeglasses or spectacles,

comprising a bridge member, laterally-prejecting arms extending inwardly from the brid ge' ends in substantially the Vertical planes of the lenses, the guards, and flat guard ofi' sets lying in the planes of the guards and connecting the latter With the arms.

3. A singe-piece flat metal fitting for eyeglasses or spectacles, comprising a bridge member having return-bent end portions, complementary loop-shaped guards extending in parallel planes perpendicular to the lenses, andangle-shaped members joining of said members the guards iththe bridge ends, the angles lying in substantially the plane of the bridge,

4. In eyeglasses 'cr spectacles, a fitting comprising abridge,-'- guards,' and angleshaped connectingmembers therebetween of seats formed the fitting at the juncture of said members with the bridge ends, and

lens-braces secured Within the seats. V

5; A single-piece flat metal fitting for eyeglasses or spectacles, "comprising abridge member having return-bent end portions,

complementar loop-shaped guards extend- I ing in 'paralle plane's'perpendicular to the.

lenses, and angle-shaped .members connect- 'ing the guards to the bridge ends, the angles of said members lying in substantially the :vertical planes of the lenses.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature} 

